Yearly Archives: 2005

Blast Kills Four GIs In Southern Afghanistan

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

Afghanistan, Aug. 21 — Four U.S. soldiers were killed and three were injured Sunday when an improvised explosive device ripped through a convoy of armored Humvees driving in a remote area of southern Afghanistan, marking the deadliest attack against U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Military: Walking Among the Dead

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

On the roof of an old airplane hangar outside Fallujah, spelled out in sandbags arranged as crude letters, is the Marine Corps credo, NO ONE LEFT BEHIND. In all wars, U.S. Marines take extraordinary risks to get their dead and … Continue reading →

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Vets see protests as attack on policy

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

If there’s growing sentiment against the war in Iraq, many area veterans of the fight aren’t taking it personally. Vets see the opposition as a protest against policy, not them or their service. During the Vietnam War, many returning U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Trillion-Dollar War

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Team VCS

The Trillion-Dollar War by Linda Bilmes, Harvard University, Saturday, August 20, 2005 The human cost of the more than 2,000 American military personnel killed and 14,500 wounded so far in Iraq and Afghanistan is all too apparent. But the financial … Continue reading →

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The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Team VCS

The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan by Frank Rich, New York Times, Sunday, August 21, 2005 Cindy Sheehan couldn’t have picked a more apt date to begin the vigil that ambushed a president: Aug. 6 was the fourth anniversary of … Continue reading →

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New York Times Editorial Board Denounces ‘Slick’ Pentagon Propaganda

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Team VCS

Walking the Wrong Way New York Times Editorial Board, Sunday, August 21, 2005 The Bush administration has announced plans for a Freedom Walk on Sept. 11, which will start at the Pentagon and end at the National Mall, and include … Continue reading →

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Salt Lake City Mayor Calls for Protest Against Bush Speech to VFW

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Team VCS

Salt Lake City Mayor Calls for Protest Against Bush Speech to VFW Rocky’s call to protest Bush makes vets see red; Mayor’s e-mail: ‘Nothing radical,’ supporters say By Glen Warchol The Salt Lake TribuneSalt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Mayor … Continue reading →

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In two shootings by Iraq vets, war stress blamed

Posted on August 20, 2005 by Team VCS

In two shootings by Iraq vets, war stress blamed By Angie Wagner and Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Writers  |  August 20, 2005 One was a skinny 20-year-old discharged from the Army who couldn’t shake the piercing rat-a-tat-tat reminders of combat. … Continue reading →

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Global Warming: Will you listen now, America?

Posted on August 20, 2005 by Team VCS

On a high-profile and bi-partisan fact-finding tour in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon territory, Senators John McCain, a Republican, and Hillary Clinton, the Democratic senator for New York, were confronted by melting permafrost and shrinking glaciers and heard from native Inuit … Continue reading →

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US bolsters Iraq prison security

Posted on August 18, 2005 by Team VCS

The US has announced it is sending 700 paratroops to Iraq to boost security at its prisons there. An infantry battalion from the 82nd Airborne Division will be deployed over the next two months. It is not clear if they … Continue reading →

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